Interwar

The decades between the two World Wars brought about a change in housing unlike any seen before. This was a period of unparalleled political and social change, with the demise of the country house and the great estates of the wealthy elite, and transformational housing for the masses.

It’s an oft-overlooked era, but the homes of the interwar period have as much to offer a period home enthusiast as a medieval cottage or Georgian townhouse. While the majority of homes where built in the manner of the cottage estate and on the principles of the Garden City movement, this period also saw one of the most dramatic of architectural inceptions to date – the advent of Modernism with ocean liner aesthetics and the notion of the home as a machine for comfortable living.

DESIGN EVOLUTION

This was the era in which large-scale building became the norm – bigger companies, bigger ideas, all aided by government incentives and cheaper land costs. With the influence of the likes of Raymond Unwin, the architect for Letchworth, these modern builders looked to adapt